Can i kill me neighbours dog if it attacks me or my family

It's when they stop barking and go all quiet you have to worry...

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W!ll said:
For anyone curious about fighting a GSD just look on youtube, found one of a guy throwing bricks at a dog owner walking 2 GSDs, one dog goes back and he's down so quickly it's untrue, he only gets up again because the owner intervenes.
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Yeah but this is forgetting everyone in GD is a trained MMA fighter, with dog handling experience on CEO 10k a day wage with a 10/10 wife.
 
Good dog. Mine's way too soppy to back me up.
All she can do is act hard by barking when someone knocks on the door and then go for a cuddlefest with whoever's on the other side...

Still, rather that than the opposite.
 
Could adopt a different approach if the amicable approach doesn't work.
Its your fence as you paid for it. As such your neighbour's dog shouldn't be doing anything to it. You cant stop the barking, but they are responsible for ensuring their dog doesn't stray and doesn't damage 'your' fence.
 
I can't see what the big deal is about killing the dog if it had it's jaws clamped round my kids arm. It's not a human being where serious repercussions are against you if you commit murder. I always think worst case scenario in most situations. Yes i can prevent it in the first place by reinforcing the fence panel, but that doesn't stop the fact that the posts will work loose from their foundations. Whoever said i cheaped out on the fence is talking rubbish. Concrete posts and wooden panels is the norm. It's not like it's some crappy chicken wire or tuf-fence with hammered in posts.

I'm being made out to be the perpetrator here and it nonsense. He wouldn't put a fence up to keep his dog contained in his yard. Before the fence was up he let the dog roam our and the neighbours yards crapping all over them. I've had to buy a new fence that surround the whole of our back yard left bottom and right side. Now his dog is breaking it

My op was purely a self defence question. Would i get in serious trouble for killing this dog in the worst case scenario? judging by some of the responses, if it happened to your kids, you would go knock on the neighbours door and have a word whilst the dog is eating your family.

Their family is ruff as anything. You can't negotiate anything with people like this. The dog isn't being mistreated. It's well fed and sleeps in the kitchen at night, so rspca won't do anything. The police will class it as a civil matter.

After reading the news link, i would get done for criminal damage at worst if at all.
 
Did you have any contact with the dog before the fence was put up and it had access to your garden?

I have to say that your 'worst case scenario' attitude may be a part of the problem. You invent the worst case scenario and treat it like it's fact and therefore your only option.

Obviously, not being able to talk to your neighbour is a huge issue too if it is indeed the case.
 
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Uncle Petey said:
Did you have any contact with the dog before the fence was put up and it had access to your garden?

I have to say that your 'worst case scenario' attitude may be a part of the problem. You invent the worst case scenario and treat it like it's fact and therefore your only option.

Obviously, not being able to talk to your neighbour is a huge issue too if it is indeed the case.
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I agree that my attitude is part of the problem, but when you get neighbours that **** you off this much, it's hard to think civilised. They just don't like us from the moment we moved in 2 years ago. You know when someone just takes an automatic dislike to you and never attempts to engage in conversation or even acknowledge you're there.

The dog has been in close contact with me and my mrs about 16 months ago when there wasn't a fence. It's boisterous and jumps up you. It kept trying to bite my sleeve and i felt very uncomfortable around it. My mrs even grabbed it by the collar once and put him on his chain, but the dog still goes bezerk at her through the fence.

I know for a fact that someone is going to jump in and say the dog is only playing, but there was a thread recently on here where the owner had to put his friendly family dog down because it went for someone out of the blue. This neighbours dog is big, boisterous and we don't really know it, so you can't blame me for being on edge and thinking worst case scenario.
 
ANONANON said:
I agree that my attitude is part of the problem, but when you get neighbours that **** you off this much, it's hard to think civilised. They just don't like us from the moment we moved in 2 years ago. You know when someone just takes an automatic dislike to you and never attempts to engage in conversation or even acknowledge you're there.

The dog has been in close contact with me and my mrs about 16 months ago when there wasn't a fence. It's boisterous and jumps up you. It kept trying to bite my sleeve and i felt very uncomfortable around it. My mrs even grabbed it by the collar once and put him on his chain, but the dog still goes bezerk at her through the fence.

I know for a fact that someone is going to jump in and say the dog is only playing, but there was a thread recently on here where the owner had to put his friendly family dog down because it went for someone out of the blue. This neighbours dog is big, boisterous and we don't really know it, so you can't blame me for being on edge and thinking worst case scenario.
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I totally see where you're coming from and it doesn't seem like there's much you can do except reinforce the fence or move.
We all have violent fantasies from time to time for whatever reason, but I think killing the dog isn't something you should entertain with too much attention - especially if it involves some kind of man vs beast combat scenario.

If it was me, I'd find a way to befriend the dog and do some basic training, but that's me. I'm a dog guy (and have owned a GSD in the past).
This is what makes this a difficult one. If you're not too clued up on dogs and you're not too confident around them and you can't deal with the neighbours, there's not much you can do except build a stronger fence.
 
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A local woman owns an ex-police GSD and it is certainly not one to be ****ed with.

She often has her grandkids with her and has to keep reminding them not to run as it's training will kick in and it'll perform takedowns.

Ed: lol, that makes it sound way worse than it is. She is a huge dog though.
 
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Uncle Petey said:
A local woman owns an ex-police GSD and it is certainly not one to be ****ed with.
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It was mentioned to be by an Armed Response officer that apparently they rarely rehome Police dogs but shoot them due to their 'occupation' after retirement. However, knowing him a bit better since then, I'm a bit dubious to whether he's pulling my leg.
 
I'm not sure what the situation is tbh. Whether it was her Hubby's or how long she's owned it, but it is getting on a bit so it could've been retired for quite a while.
 
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